graduations
Cap and gown events
Graduations are the marks or lines indicating measurement on an instrument—the small divisions on a ruler, thermometer, or measuring cup.
The word also refers to ceremonies marking completion of an academic program: She attended three graduations this spring.
More abstractly, graduations can mean gradual stages or degrees of change: subtle graduations of color in the sunset.
Act of starting
- diplomaAcademic completion document
- cap and gownCeremonial graduation attire
- valedictorianTop-ranked graduating student
- processionFormal moving line
convocation · mortarboard · tassel · salutatorian · pomp and circumstance · keynote · alumni · regalia
Notable event marking progress
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
- degreeUnit of measurement
- completionAct of finishing
- culminationHighest or final point
transition · celebration · achievement · success · pride · threshold · advancement · attainment
Distinct periods or platforms
- levelsHeights or ranked stages
- degreesUnits of measurement
- stepsSequential actions in process
- tiersHorizontal arranged levels
hierarchy · ranking · advancement · continuum · sequence · phases · spectrum · gradation
Measure of relative size
- incrementsUnits of increase
- markingsIdentifying visual features
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
- divisionsSeparate portions of something
units · intervals · tick marks · ruler · thermometer · beaker · cylinder · gradations
commencement
Act of starting
- diplomaAcademic completion document
- cap and gownCeremonial graduation attire
- valedictorianTop-ranked graduating student
procession · convocation · mortarboard · tassel · salutatorian · pomp and circumstance · keynote · alumni · regalia · hooding
milestone
Notable event marking progress
- accomplishmentSuccessful completion of aim
- degreeUnit of measurement
- completionAct of finishing
culmination · transition · celebration · achievement · success · pride · threshold · advancement · attainment · promotion
stages
Distinct periods or platforms
tiers · hierarchy · ranking · advancement · continuum · sequence · phases · spectrum · gradation · incremental
scale
Measure of relative size
- incrementsUnits of increase
- markingsIdentifying visual features
- calibrationAdjusting for measurement accuracy
divisions · units · intervals · tick marks · ruler · thermometer · beaker · cylinder · gradations · precision
- ceremonieswedding ceremony, wedding, weddings, funeral, funerals
- collective eventsfestivals, concerts, parades, weddings, funerals
- celebrationsfestival, party, wedding, fireworks, birthday
- schoolingelementary school, school, middle school, high school, primary schools
- photo subjectsportrait, sunsets, landscape, landmarks, nature
- achievementsaccomplishment, achievement, accomplishments, achievements, triumph
graduationsenrollments
Acts of officially joining
matriculations · admissions · orientations · inductions · registrations
- graduation dayAcademic completion ceremony
- high school graduationSecondary education completion ceremony
- graduation ceremonyFormal academic completion event
- graduation capCeremonial academic headpiece
- graduation speechFormal talk at academic ceremony
- graduation photosPictures marking academic completion